Aṅguttara Nikāya
X. Dasaka-Nipāta
XIV: Sādhu-Vagga

X. The Book of the Tens

XIV: The Seemly (a)

Sutta 141

Tapanīya Suttaṃ

Remorse and Not-remorse

 


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THUS have I heard:

Once the Exalted One addressed the monks, saying:

"Monks."

"Yes, lord," they replied, and the Exalted One said:

"Monks, I will teach you dhamma with remorse1 and dhamma without remorse.

Do ye listen to it.

Pay attention carefully and I will speak."

"We will, sir," replied those monks to the Exalted One,
who said this:

"And what, monks, is dhamma with remorse?

Wrong view,
wrong thinking,
wrong speech,
wrong action,
wrong living,
wrong effort,
wrong mindfulness,
wrong concentration,
wrong knowledge,
wrong release.

This is called 'dhamma with remorse.'

 

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And what, monks, is dhamma without remorse?

Right view,
right thinking,
right speech,
right action,
right living,
right effort,
right mindfulness,
right concentration,
right knowledge,
right release.

This is called 'dhamma without remorse.'"

 


1 Tapanīya